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Education
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University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
J.D., cum laude, 1993
Journal of Family Law; Research Institute of America Tax Prize; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities; American Jurisprudence Award for Estate Planning; Moot Court Board; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
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Bellarmine College
B.S., cum laude, 1988
Accounting
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Admissions
Indiana
Kentucky
Service Areas
- Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
- Conservation Easements
- Taxation
- Trusts & Estate Planning
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Taxation Section; Member, Fiduciary Income Tax Committee; Probate and Trust Law Section
- Kentucky Bar Association, Taxation Section; Probate and Trust Section, Chair (2001-02); Probate Legislative Committee (1999-present), Chair (2001-02)
- Estate Planning Council of Louisville, 1996-present, President (2006-07)
- Kentuckiana Planned Giving Council, (Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Kentuckiana) President, 2003-04
- Leave a Legacy, Fund-raising Committee
- Louisville Bar Association, Probate and Trust Section, Chair (2009); Taxation Section
- Louisville Estate Planning Council
Cyndy Buttorff is a Member of the firm and is based in the Louisville office where her practice focuses on trusts and estate administration, estate planning and charitable giving, charitable and non-profit organizations, estate and gift taxes, probate and fiduciary law issues. Ms. Buttorff joined the firm in 1996 and is a member of the Trusts & Estates Planning/Domestic Service Group.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "Effect of Current Estate Tax Legislation (or lack thereof) on Existing Estate Plans and Estate Administration in 2010," Probate and Trust Law Section of the Kentucky Bar Association Convention, June 16, 2010
- "Estate Planning and Administration: Issues and Potential Pitfalls for the Kentucky Law Update," Probate and Trust Law Section, Kentucky Bar Association, Lexington, Ky., Sept. 11, 2009
- "Administering the Estate Effectively and Filing All Necessary Tax Returns" and "Final Settlements: Closing the Estate," The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Louisville, Ky., June 24, 2008
- "Handling Assets of the Estate and Filing Taxes" and "Solutions to Special Issues: Roundtable Discussion," Oddities and Challenges in Probate Law, National Business Institute, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 27, 2008
Before Stites & Harbison
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Ms. Buttorff practiced law with the Louisville firm of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.S.C., handling estate and business planning, ERISA and related matters.
Before that, she served in a variety of capacities in the Trust Department with Liberty National Bank and Trust Company, Louisville, including Trust Officer and Vice President and Manager, Trust Tax Administration, where she oversaw the preparation and filing of fiduciary income tax, estate and gift, inheritance and personal income tax returns for clients of the Louisville offices and all affiliate banks in Kentucky and Indiana.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Ms. Buttorff has served many civic organizations. Her involvement includes the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law Alumni Council; Meredith Dunn School, Board of Trustees; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, National Chair and Development Committee; Duncan Tavern Historic
Center, Board; Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society, Board; and, Louisville Professional Women's Golf Association.